All of the major UK mobile phone operators have said they will offer RIM's upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphones when they are released at the beginning of 2013.

The Three, O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and EE brands have all confirmed that they will offer BlackBerry 10-based devices in the start of 2013; some of which will be 4G capable, according to EE.

One of the interfaces of the BlackBerry 10 home screen. Photo credit: Ben Woods / ZDNet.

"EE can confirm that from launch, it will range BlackBerry 10 for consumer and business customers on its super-fast 4G service, as well as on its Orange and T-Mobile UK brands," EE, the amalgam of T-Mobile and Orange in the UK, said in a statement on Wednesday.